Joe Harris : Birational geometry of moduli spaces of curves

Posted by , part of the Algebraic Geometry Seminar.

At

Nov. 8, 2007, 4 p.m.

In

SEO 636

Abstract

There has been a tremendous amount of recent progress on the geometry of moduli and parameter spaces of curves, inspired in part by the minimal model program. I'll discuss some of the outstanding issues, and describe recent work on these by various geometers.